The RR10 league is a series of races
organised by running clubs in south-west Hampshire for their members. The races
are held on Wednesday evenings during the spring and summer. Entry is free.
All of the races are 4-5 miles off-road. The standard of runners varies
from 5-minute milers to 12+ minute milers so, however fast you are, there
will always be someone to run with. If you aren't a member of one of the
organising clubs, go to one of their websites (links below) and join up
so that you can be part of the fun!

WEDNESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2019 - AGM

The AGM was held on 6th February with representatives from all clubs present. The full minutes will be available soon, but the main points arising and the schedule for 2019 are given below.

(1) The AGM voted to change the scoring system for the individual leagues (including vet categories) so that, rather than the sum of the best six finishing positions, league position will be based on the mean of the best six PFBs (Percentage of Field Beaten) i.e how many other runners in the same classification
were beaten. This is the way that the ranking table has always been calculated. It is being done to eliminate the unfairness that can arise when races have a large disparity in the number of finishers. For example,
in the 2018 races, Whiteley had 108 women finishers but Hursley had 206, so a finishing position of, say, 100th, should count for more in the Hursley race. Under the new system it would score 7.5% (beat 8 of the 107 other runners) for Whiteley and
51.7% (106/205) for Hursley.
Men's results for 2018 under new system
/Women's results for 2018 under new system
Any comments to webmaster@rr10.org.uk.

(2) The first two and the last two races will now start at 7.00pm and all others at 7.30pm.

(3) In the past we have provided at least 5000 single-use cups per season. To avoid this waste, cups will no longer be provided by the organisers, but water and squash will be available to those who bring their own cups/bottles, and you can of course bring your own drinks.

(4) The increasing popularity of the RR10 series has meant that nearly all of our race venues were at or beyond their capacity in 2018, particularly for car parking space. To prevent problems, we have decided to reduce numbers at each event
by adding another drop-out event for each club, but at the same time we have added a new event so that everyone can still run in nine races. In summary, there are now twelve races and each club runs in nine, organises one, and drops-out of two.
X = Drop out race,
ORG = Organising club

2019 Dates

Time

Race

Venue

Elgh

Halt

Hrdly

HEnd

Itch

LHill

NFor

Roms

SAC

RSis

Stub

Tott

Wssx

Wnch

17th April

7.00 pm

1

Royal Victoria Country Park

X

ORG

X

X

24th April

-no race-

1st May

7.00 pm

2

Stoney Cross

X

X

X

ORG

8th May

-no race-

15th May

7.30 pm

3

Wilverley Inclosure

X

ORG

X

22nd May

-no race-

29th May

7.30 pm

4

Cadland Estate, Blackfield

ORG

X

X

X

5th June

7.30 pm

5

Fleming Park

X

ORG

ORG

12th June

7.30 pm

6

Hursley Park & Ampfield

ORG

X

ORG

19th June

7.30 pm

7

Manor Farm Country Park

ORG

X

X

26th June

-no race-

3rd July

7.30 pm

8

University Fields, Eastleigh

ORG

X

X

X

X

10th July

7.30 pm

9

Whiteley, Fareham

X

X

ORG

X

17th July

7.30 pm

10

Janesmoor Pond

X

X

X

ORG

X

24th July

-no race-

31st July

7.00 pm

11

Itchen Valley Country Park

ORG

X

X

7th Aug

-no race-

14th Aug

7.00 pm

12

IBM Hursley Park

ORG

RACE COUNT TABLE
Table showing the number of RR10s everyone has run from 1995 onwards.
Let me know if there are any duplicates/mistakes. [webmaster@rr10.org.uk - Alan Tulip]
Personal music players with earphones are not allowed during RR10 races. It is very important that marshalls' instructions can be heard at all times, and some runners have complained about being blocked on narrow parts of a course by
runners unaware that someone was coming up behind them.
Pictures from races thanks to Paul Hammond.

AGE LIMITS
In order to be covered by UK Athletics public liability insurance and to gain a UKA permit for each race,
we have to conform to the rules laid down by UKA.
Rules 507 and 508 specify that only Under-17s and older can run in Cross Country races of the normal RR10 distance (up to 8K).
This means that all men and women competing must have been at least 15 on August 31st of the year prior
to the series (so 31 August 2004 for the 2005 series). Note that the age limits for men and women are now the same.
EXCEPTION - With the agreement of all the
clubs, the following modification to the restriction above has been agreed:
Members of the participating clubs who are aged 15 on the day of the race, but were not 15 on 31 August of the previous year, may also run in RR10
league races, but only with the explicit permission of their clubs or coaches.

CLUB MEMBERS ONLY
RR10 races are for members of
the participating clubs only. Again for insurance reasons, we have to insist on this. It is also unfair that
non-members should turn up and run a race for free that is being organised by these clubs. Some clubs are in
favour of not giving finishing position tickets to runners not wearing club vests. This will not be enforced,
but we do very strongly urge all runners to run in their club vests.

Please send any comments/corrections to Alan Tulip at webmaster@rr10.org.uk.
I am still interested in any results from years prior to 1995 that
I can add to this page, even if only the title winners for that year.